BEAR GRASS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bear grass mean? 

• BEAR GRASS (noun)
  The noun BEAR GRASS has 4 senses:

1. yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers

2. yucca of west central United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers

3. stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico

4. plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers

  Familiarity information: BEAR GRASS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEAR GRASS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bear grass; Yucca smalliana

Hypernyms ("bear grass" is a kind of...):

yucca (any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of North America)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Yucca of west central United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bear grass; Yucca glauca

Hypernyms ("bear grass" is a kind of...):

yucca (any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of North America)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bear grass; Nolina microcarpa

Hypernyms ("bear grass" is a kind of...):

agave; American aloe; century plant (tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber)

Holonyms ("bear grass" is a member of...):

genus Nolina; Nolina (perennial plants resembling yucca; found in southern United States and Mexico)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bear grass; squaw grass; Xerophyllum tenax

Hypernyms ("bear grass" is a kind of...):

liliaceous plant (plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber)

Holonyms ("bear grass" is a member of...):

genus Xerophyllum; Xerophyllum (small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae)